The Norwegian Nominal System : A neo-Saussurean perspective / Madeleine Halmøy̜.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Halmøy, Madeleine, author.

Series:

Trends in linguistics. Studies and monographs ; 294.

Trends in Linguistics. Studies and Monographs ; volume 294

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Language and languages.

Norwegian language--Nominal.

Norwegian language.

Norwegian language--Noun.

Norwegian language--Parts of speech.

Norwegian language--Grammar.

Parts of speech.

Grammar, Comparative and general--Noun.

Physical Description:

x, 322 pages ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

Berlin : Mouton De Gruyter, [2016]

Contents:

Acknowledgements ; Table of contents ; Abbreviations ; List of tables, figures and grammatical definitions ; 1 Introduction ; 2 Theoretical, empirical and methodological foundations ; 2.1 Theory: signifié/signifiant ; 2.1.1 Arbitrariness and conventions

2.1.2 Saussure and syntax: linearity, limitations of arbitrariness 2.1.3 Neo-Saussurean syntax ; 2.1.4 Summary and implications ; 2.2 The object of study: synchrony/diachrony and langue/parole ; 2.2.1 Synchrony/diachrony ; 2.2.2 Delimiting the object of study in time and space

2.2.3 Langage, langue, parole 2.2.4 Further delimiting the object of study

the Norwegian Nominal System ; 2.3 Methodology ; 2.3.1 Syntagmatic vs. paradigmatic relations, value and signification ; 2.3.2 The contrastive view ; 2.3.3 The concrete data

2.4 Neo-Saussurean grammar vs. other current theories 2.4.1 Neo-Saussurean grammar and (European) structuralism ; 2.4.2 Neo-Saussurean vs. generative gramar ; 2.4.3 Neo-Saussurean vs. cognitive linguistics and construction grammar(s) ; 2.4.4 Summary ; 2.5 Closing the chapter

3 Norwegian nouns and adjectives 3.1 Norwegian nouns ; 3.2 The Norwegian definite forms ; 3.2.1 Distribution and interpretation of the definite forms

definiteness as identifiability ; 3.2.2 Implicit or "missing" possessives ; 3.3 The Norwegian Indefinite Plural

3.3.1 Sentential distribution and interpretations of the Indefinite Plural

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 311-319) and index.

ISBN:

9783110339635

3110339633

OCLC:

931648693